You Know You Like/Love I've Sound When...

Substitute (certain song) with your own! =)

You go to the karaoke bar and are ticked when there are not any I'VE songs

For the upcoming convention, you make a karaoke CD of I'VE songs

You put in words like "suppuration" in your medical/science papers and "verge" in your English papers

You get upset when people who proudly call themselves "otaku" don't know I'VE...

Everytime you receieve an email, "Lemonade" (by KAORI) plays

You spent $72 to buy the BUDOKAN DVD...

To explain how much you like a guy, you start singing "suna no shiro~Castle of Sand" (by EIKO) (or another song)

When you "know the magic!" (by KAORI)

You do the "HEY! HEY! HEY!" when hearing "oboetete ii yo" (by KOTOKO)

Your answer to "are you in Japan on business?" is "I'm here to get the albums that I'm missing from my I'VE SOUND collection!"

You stop shopping with AnimeNation (or other place) because of their lack of I'VE merchandise

You make a parody of "Laament" (by KOTOKO) and call it..."Ramen"

You chant "La-ment...La-ment...La-ment" with the crowd when listening to the original or live version of "Lament"

You get into "STEPHANIE vs, Lia", "KOTOKO vs. KAORI" fights...

Since you cannot get the ringtones from Japan (or even if you can!), you try to make a ringtone of your favorite song...or at least the two notes of "La-ment"...

You whistle "verge" (by EIKO) for no reason...

Your Japanese animation (anime) diet consists of only those shows where an I'VE singer sings the opening, ending, or insert song...

You know people that have watched "onegai teacher" and still don't know who KOTOKO is!

You email MOMO and get a reply!

You type on EIKO's BBS!

You play "birthday eve" (by SHIHO) on the day before your birthday!

You share a birthday with an I'VE member!

Your Finite Math instructor speaks of tree diagrams saying, "There is either black or white, it is the truth or a lie"...and you start to wonder if they have heard "COMPLEX" (by TACHIBANA Usagi) or will say, "There is alive or death"

During your club election, you use "WE SURVIVE" (by KOTOKO) as your campaign song!

When someone asks "Where are we going?", you say, "We are going on a voyage to the truth..." (from "FACE OF FACT" by KOTOKO)

When you have a paper due and are working on it at the last (or even "possible") moment, you play, "Just as Time is Running Out" (by KOTOKO)

You no longer describe someone that dresses up (as their favorite Japanese animation (anime) or comic book (manga) character as "cosplay", you say, "Chang(ing) my (their) Style" (by KOTOKO)

You are still wondering what MELL is singing in the beginning of "OUTFLOW"

You wish when you got on the airplane that the stewardess would say the monologue from "Change My Style~anata sukimi no watashi ni~" (by KOTOKO)

You wonder if snow and dirt mixed together would equal "Ever stay snow -Mixed up-" (by SHIHO)

You see someone with "Dirty Boots" (by KOTOKO) and start singing, "Dirty boots...baby!"

You've replaced, "matter of fact" with "FACE OF FACT" (by KOTOKO)

When expected to talk about Economics and money, you throw in, "We are greedy any-time." (from "GREEDY" by MOMO)

You still wonder why SHIHO, MOMO, and others REALLY left I'VE...

You have "I am calling you" (by Ayana) as the lyrics to your ringtone and when someone calls you, that is what they hear (Paradox?)

You wonder why I'VE has songs called, "Imaginary affair" and "IMMORAL"

You "pray to stop your cry"... ("I pray to stop my cry" by KOTOKO)

You wonder if one could describe a "trill" or "vibrato" in music as a "Jumping Note" (by KOTOKO)

All your friends have to do is hear the first few notes of "Leave me Hell Alone" (by OUTER) to know your mood

You or someone you know journeyed to Canada/America to see KOTOKO...

The only reason you were in Japan...BUDOKAN

You know "Love Generation" is a song also by Dream (the Japanese group)

Forget who's better in "Morning Musume" or "Onyanko Club"...

In a boring class, or period of time, you sing, "Please Save Me" (by Yucco)

You scribble down I'VE lyrics in your notes...

You are still trying to understand the semantics of the title "Re-sublimity" (by KOTOKO)

You still say that Sonic Youth copied off of OUTER... ("Dirty Boots")

Your "See You" CD is busted because you keep playing the KOTOKO/MELL scene over and over... ("See You ~chisa eien~" by I'VE SPECIAL UNIT)

You still wonder if someone will "sing the Volga" to you ("RED FRACTION" by MELL)

You can the opening notes of "sensitive" (by KOTOKO) on your piano

You wonder if the poet, Theodore Roethke, of "The Walking" listens to "Slow Step" (by Healing Leaf) in heaven...because he "takes [his] walking slow"

Instead of thinking what "suppuration" actually means after learning about it in nursing school, you hum the song (by KOTOKO)

Ultimate slacker song: Leave Me Hell Alone

After you win a game or pass a test, you play "We Survive" (instrumental) from the VG NEO soundtrack

You know what "the couch is for"... ("Leave Me Hell Alone" by OUTER)

The song titles of I'VE have really improved your (English/other) vocabulary!

You play "Dance Dance Revolution" just for the I'VE songs

Your local arcade tells you that you can't play "If You Were Here" (by JENNIFER) anymore

You note all of the cussing in some I'VE songs

You can name every I'VE member

You set any project or Japanese animated music video (AMV) to an I'VE song

You try to say "I'VE Low Trance Assembly" like the electronic voice

You say "Come to the birthgate" and "welcome to the birthgate" when someone enters your place business

Your parents/friend(s)/significant other sends you to Akibahara, Japan or just Japan because you like I'VE so much

Musical influences?: KOTOKO, Lia, MELL, MOMO, AKI, SHIHO...etc.

You dress up as KOTOKO or another I'VE member at a convention of some sort

Forget badly playing at "Dance Dance Revolution", you're just there to hear the song...again! ("If You Were Here" by JENNIFER)

You didn't journey to Canada to see KOTOKO, but to find JENNIFER and GINA

Your answer to "does anyone know unsymmetrical is?" is "almost a song by KOTOKO?" ("Unsymmetry" by KOTOKO)

You've "got a big gun"...in a game ("RED FRACTION" by MELL)

Reason you bought the "Anime Karaoke Collection CD"?: KOTOKO

Forget the action (hint hint) going on in the demo movie...you just want to hear the new I'VE song!

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